Improvement in fire-kindlings



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J O HNUOMMINS, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA,

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-KINDLINGS.

I 1 Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,808, datedAugust 4, 1874; applicationfiled July 6, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN OoMMINs, of Charleston, South Carolina, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Materials for Kindling Fires,of which the following is a specification The invention relates tomaterials for kindling fires; and consists in applying a combustiblecoating to ordinary coal, as hereinafter set forth.

The coal having been broken into pieces nearly or about what is known asnut size is immersed in a heated solution consisting of four (4) partsof rosin and one (1) part of crude turpentine in the gum. The pieceshaving become thoroughly coated are dipped out and rolled in apreparation two (2) parts of which are pulverized charcoal, one (1) partfine sifted coal, and one (1) part sawdust. The

.pieces are then permitted to dry, when they are ready for use.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A kindling material composed of lumps or pieces of coal coated withinflammable material.

2. A kindling material in which charcoaldust and coal-dust are employedin a coating upon lumps or pieces of coal.

3. A kindling material composed of lumps or pieces of coal coated with acomposition of rosin and gum-turpentine, charcoal-dust, coaldust, andsawdust.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in materials forkindling fires, as above described, I have hereunto set my hand and sealthis 2d day of July, 1874.

JOHN OOMMINS. [L. s.] Witnesses:

E. H. LUCAS, O. R. BREWSTER.

